Documentary is due this week

Reminder of tools/skills you can/should/might use:

  • interviews with cutaways to voiceover (required)
  • ID banners for interviewees (required)
  • voiceover(s) (required)
  • consistent (or intentionally inconsistent) transition vocabulary (required)
  • audio normalized (required)
  • output to mp4, HD (required)
  • titles (required)
  • credits (required)
  • interesting variety of shots (required)
  • interesting length of clips (long takes: very rare) (required)
  • slider shots
  • dolly/tracking shots
  • handheld shots
  • multiple shots anticipating use during voiceovers
  • rule of thirds for framing
  • controlled depth-of-field
  • montage
  • time-lapse shots (beginning? ending?)
  • establishing shot, then visual element enters frame
  • sound effect added to unify mini-montage, perhaps behind voiceover (e.g., birds twittering)
  • non-diegetic music added
  • overlapping sound (esp, maybe from/to blackouts)
  • color correction
  • color desaturation
  • slo-mo/”fast forward”
  • non-diegetic sound
  • conscious story arc
  • transcription of off-screen interviewer questions
  • still photos, Ken Burns-ed
  • post-production pans/zooms/crops